Bertrand Russell Quotes
The typical Westerner wishes to be the cause of as many changes as possible in his environment; the typical Chinaman wishes to enjoy as much and as delicately as possible.
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There are two types of people in the world. People who like kids, and people who don't. People who complain about kids screaming on aeroplanes and in restaurants, and those people who love kids and enjoy their energy and enjoy hearing the noise they make and get off on their energy. I am one of those people who happens to love kids.
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Every bad thing that's happened to me has defined me, has shaped, has moulded me.
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Sweet is the scene where genial friendship plays the pleasing game of interchanging praise.
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I start the day with oatmeal with vanilla almond milk. If I don't, I'm dying by noon and eating everything in sight. On-set, I avoid crap and pack soup and salad. I cook pork chops or turkey tacos for dinner.
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Every so often when I'm writing, a character might actually be a distinct person in my head - often not an actor or a face, literally a person who just seems to exist in my imagination. Then the challenge is finding somebody who is close enough to that to make me feel like I've ended up where I wanted to be.
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People see me now and ask if I'm still running. I may look like I am, but I'm really not. People think I still run every day but I ran for 25 years and I deserve to not do anything but walk or ride the bike with my kids.
Gail Devers
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I'm a serial dater. When I see someone I like, we go on multiple dates.
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I just use intuition - would I wear that? Would it feel okay? It's pretty simple, nothing too complicated.
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I'm from there. You know, when you grow up with these people and see them every day and then you look at the numbers it was easy; it was a no-brainer. And when Sony took a look, it was a no-brainer to them, too.
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If you're lucky, I think you know what you want to do with your life. I think that's a greater gift that any of the gifts you might have when you do know, if you know what I mean. It must be awful to not know what to do.
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I don't think I would take the game with the same mentality that I do now if I hadn't been injured.
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Set religion free, and a new humanity will begin.
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You lose the speed before the stamina.
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Well, I don't give it out very often, but I reject the notion that you have to be a practitioner to give good advice.
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Love is a credulous thing.
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Success begins at that magical moment when you declare to yourself, your friends, and the universe that you believe you can do something different.
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When Ted Williams was here, inducted into the Hall of Fame 37 years ago, he said he must have earned it, because he didn't win it because of his friendship with the writers. I guess in that way, I'm proud to be in this company that way.
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People read more mysteries than they do political pamphlets.
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Mysticism and the supernatural are embedded in the show - it's called 'Da Vinci's Demons' for a reason, and it's not just metaphorical.
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I wanted so badly for there to be more. I ached for there to be more than my crappy little life.' He shakes his head. 'And there was more. I just couldn't see it.
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If you worshipped Muhammad, know that Muhammad is dead. But if you worshipped Allah, know that Allah never dies.
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A true heiress is never mean to anyone - except a girl who steals your boyfriend.
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I make charts of songs that are good candidates, good targets, so to speak. Then I try to come up with ideas for parodies. And 99% of those ideas are horrible.
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The typical Westerner wishes to be the cause of as many changes as possible in his environment; the typical Chinaman wishes to enjoy as much and as delicately as possible.
